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Che Guevara / BuilderERNESTO GUEVARA Known as CHE GUEVARA Latin American guerrilla leader and revolutionary theorist. Relaxing after a voluntary working Sunday. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*
London & South Western Railway Servants Orphanage, WokingGeneral view of the main building of the London & South Western Railway Servants Orphanage at Woking, Surrey
Suffragette selling badges Date: circa 1910s
George Beaumont with manual fire engine, PinnerGeorge Beaumont, Chief Officer of the Pinner Voluntary Fire Brigade, with a manual fire engine which was kept at Waxwell Lane, Pinner, having previously been housed at The Hall
Barnet Voluntary Fire Brigade with manual horse pumpThe officers and firemen of the Barnet voluntary fire brigade with the manual horse drawn pump fire engine
Advert for recruiting women for the WaF 1941You ought to be driving in the WaF. Recruitment of women for The Womens Auxiliary Air Force. Conscription of women did not begin until 1941
Poster advertising the Special Constabulary, seeking fit men and women for part-time voluntary service. Civil Defence is Common Sense. Ask for details at your local police station. 1940s
Red Cross Poster - World War IPoster asking for donations to the British Red Cross during World War I, stressing urgently that six pounds a minute is required to maintain the number of motor ambulances, hospital ships
Daily lives in London during the BlitzFour images relating to air-raided London in October 1940
Mobile CanteensA row of mobile canteens in Brighton. Note that one of the vans has Y.M.C.A. printed on it. 1940
Violet Jessop - Titanic survivorViolet Constance Jessop (1887-1971) pictured in Voluntary Aid Detachment Uniform while assigned to HMHS Britannic, circa 1915 - a nurse, who not only survived the sinking of the unsinkable Titanic
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). Burial of a Serbian volunteer. Engraving by Vierge. La Guerra de Oriente (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume I. 1877
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough AssociationNotice, Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association, Victoria House, Victoria Street, Westminster, London SW. Free supplies of water for man and beast in the streets of London. 1887
BROTHER OF FREE SPIRITA BROTHER OF THE FREE SPIRIT - also known as the Voluntary Poor, Beghards and other names Date: 14th century
RMS Titanic, photograph, Captain Edward John SmithRMS TITANIC, Period oversize photograph showing Titanic's Captain Edward John Smith on board the Olympic with rare note The accompanying photograph of Captain Smith is provided by the voluntary
WW2 - The Girls Of Today, W. V. S. RestaurantA WW2 children's book illustration from The Girls Of Today. The image shows a a family walking into a Women's Voluntary Service run restaurant. Date: circa 1940s
WW2 - Gracie And The W. V. SA WW2 children's illustrated Gracie doll card, equipped with a wartime Women's Voluntary Service uniform. Date: circa 1940s
WW2 Birthday Card, InitialsA WW2 birthday greetings card with a focus on initials, some of which represent wartime services including the Royal Air Force, Auxiliary territorial service, National Fire Service
WW2 W. V. S. SalvageThis illustration shows a man speaking to a salvage officer working for the Women's Voluntary Service during WW2, with a large container of items to be recycled for better use. Date: circa 1941
The Continuing Balkans Crisis, BulgariaImages of the Balkans Crisis from Rustchuk, Bulgaria. We see the Quay of the town (top), and the departure of Bulgarian volunteers lined up, ready to go to the Turkish Frontier (Bottom)
Lady Alexandra Haig (1907-1997), daughter of Field Marshal Earl Haig, on duty with the Voluntary Aid Detatchment (VAD). Date: 1940
H. R. H. The Duchess of KentThe Duchess of Kent (1906-1968) formerly Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, here helping out at her local hospital
Dornier Do 28A-1 G-ASUR (msn 3051) at Exeter Airport in June 1066, in company with Slingsby Sedbergh TX1 XN157 (msn 1161) of an Air Cadet Voluntary Gliding School. Date: 1968
Mrs Robert Hudson wife of Minister of Agriculture and member of the Women's Voluntary Service, in East End, London
Advert for Burberry women's equipment WWIIDuring the Second World War Burberry supplied the British Army with a range of military clothing and accessories. Advertisement for a range of Auxiliary Service equipment for women Date: 1941
Lord Beaverbrook's appeal for aluminium 1940Lord Beaverbrook the Minister for Aircraft Production appealed for objects wholly or partly made of aluminium for the manufacture of aeroplanes
Lord Beaverbrook the Minister for Aircraft Production appealed for objects wholly or partly made of aluminium for the manufacture of aeroplanes
Advert for Metropolitan Drinking Fountain 1878Metropolitan drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association, set up in London by Samuel Gurney, a Member of Parliament and philanthropist to supported by voluntary contributions
The Vulgarity of Voluntarism 1914An illustration of the evil effects of the vulgarity of voluntarism referred to by our contributor
W. V. S. Worker demonstrating how to build an emergency ovenA W.V.S. (Womens Voluntary Service) Worker demonstrating how to build an emergency oven out of bricks, a piece of metal plate and a broken piece of drainpipe. Date: circa 1941
Women painting kerbside for blackouts, September 1939Women of the Voluntary Ambulance Service painting the kerbside between their headquarters and the first-aid post to allow them to find their way in a blackout. Date: 1939
First voluntary ambulance service 1939The first voluntary ambulance service, " All India", photographed soon after its formation in London by Indian doctors and medical students. The volunteers wear helmets and carry gas masks
Uniformed female workers in British war services, April 1941A selection of women involved in British war services including the Womens Royal Naval Services, the Womens Auxiliary Territorials Service, the Red Cross, the Womens Auxiliary Air Force
Lady Sclater and volunteers, War Workroom Fund, doing useful work for hospitals at home and abroad during the First World War. circa 1917
Making sacks and warm clothes for the troops, WW1Women making sacks and warm clothes for the troops in a YMCA hut during the First World War. 1914-1918
Metropolitan drinking Fountain and cattle trough association, set up in London by Samuel Gurney, a Member of Parliament, and philanthropist to supported by voluntary contributions
Voluntary Aid Detachment nurses at military hospitalLarge group of Voluntary Aid Detachment nurses outside military hospital. A man in military uniform stands at far left and another in central row next to doctors and chaplain
Nurses, doctor, orderlies and domestic staffGroup of nurses, orderlies and doctor in grounds of hospital. Central row sit in deckchairs. A Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse stands in back row. Date: 1914-1918
Group on rear verandah, Quex ParkGroup of patients and one nurse on the rear verandah, overlooking the gardens, Quex Park. This verandah ran along the back of the Museum buildings and was used as a sheltered outdoor space in summer
Dreadnought Hospital ship at Greenwich 1870In 1870 the patients were transferred ashore to the infirmary. which was renamed the Dreadnought Seamens Hospital
Symbolic cutting of pigtails in Shanghai, ChinaAt Shanghai, 500 young men voluntarily relinquish their traditional pigtails, symbolising the new spirit of China. Date: 1911
WW2 poster, Women wanted as ambulance driversWW2 recruitment poster, Women wanted as ambulance drivers. Offer your services to your local council or any branch of Womens Voluntary Services. Date: early 1940s
WW2 VAD Mini Mouse Walt Disney Cartoon CardWorld War 2 VAD Mini Mouse Walt Disney Cartoon Card, World War 2 Walt Disney Postcard, Minnie Mouse - VAD, . Showing support for the Voluntary Aid Detachment Date: 1940s
Elizabeth Asquith at workElizabeth Charlotte Lucy Asquith (1897-1945), later Princess Bibesco, English writer, daughter of British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and his second wife, Margot
WW1 Red Cross and St. John's Ambulance Brigade Voluntary Aid Detachment volunteers with refreshments at a rai
A Mound of Aluminium, July 1940In response to the appeal for aluminium from Lord Beaverbrook, Minister for Aircraft Production, families hand in their spare pots and pans to aid the war effort. 1940
Mansford House, Birchington as VAD HospitalMansford House, Spencer Road, Birchington. Mansford House was one of the buildings used by the Birchington VAD detachment in the early days of its work in 1914 and 1915
VAD matron and nurses at a French hospital, WW1A group of VAD nurses, attached to the St Johns Ambulance Assocation, pictured at a hospital in France where they had been since the outbreak of war. The nurses wear arm brassards with the St
Inns of Court OTC advertisement, WW1Text advertisement encouraging men to join the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps, also known as The Devils Own
VAD girl, WW1A cartoon drawing a VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) nurse, showing her made up of the three letters forming her name and carrying a tray. Date: 1918
Womens Voluntary Service (WVS) canteen van, WW2Women from the WVS providing refreshments to National Fire Service London firefighters. The canteen van was presented to the London Region by the township of Inchfawn Bar Harbour, USA
Female Harrods Employees in War-time Uniform, 1940Photograph showing nine female employees of Harrods in their war-time uniforms, each woman working for a different service. From left to right: Womans Land Army, Womens Voluntary Services, St
Che Guevara / SundayERNESTO GUEVARA, KNOWN AS CHE GUEVARA. Latin American guerrilla leader & revolutionary theorist. Voluntary work (Sun)day; many Cubans worked to rebuild Cuba. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*
The National Gallerys Wartime CanteenVolunteers prepare food for their customers at The National Gallery canteen, established during the Second World War in order to raise money for the war effort. 1940
Canteen in BlandfordThe inside of a canteen in Blandford, Dorset, where women volunteers are dishing out food and tea to the troops. 1940
Ann Todd gives in her appliances for the war effortActress Ann Todd photographed handing in her spare household appliances to the local W.V.S. office in Berkshire
Soldier Given Tea from a Mobile CanteenSapper A. Kent is given tea from a mobile canteen by two members of the Womens Transport Service in Eastbourne. 1940
Mobile Canteen being unloadedMobile canteen being unloaded at Cooden Beach, East Sussex
Loading a Mobile CanteenWomen loading an urn onto a mobile canteen in Brighton. Bananas and cakes can also be seen. 1940
A Y. M. C. A. Mobile Tea CarThree female volunteers wait to restock a mobile canteen outside at Gattis on The Strand, London, which was converted during the War into a Y.M.C.A. hostel for servicemen based in the city. 1940
WRVS, Middlesex branch, WW2WRVS (Womens Royal Voluntary Service), Middlesex branch, during WW2, with their leader Mrs Sydney Jewell (front row, 2nd from right). 1940
X-Ray - Voluntary and Involuntary Muscular Fibres. Part of Box 165 Boswell Collection - X-Rays. Date: circa 1900
The Soldiers and Sailors Buffet at Victoria StationImpression of a crowded scene at Victoria Station as men arriving on the leave train, or else departing for the Front, are given free refreshments from the Soldiers and Sailors Free Buffet
Early woman police officer, WW1Early woman police officer, member of a special womens patrol set up at the start of the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1915
Early woman police officer, Mrs M B CrowleEarly woman police officer, Mrs Mary Beatrice Crowle, one of the first members of a special womens patrol set up at the start of the First World War
Telegram mobilising VAD 1914This telegram, sent to Birchington late in the day on 14 October 1914, was the call to mobilise the local Voluntary Aid Detachments to set up their hospitals
Selling War Certificates, BirchingtonHannah Powell-Cotton, in her uniform as Commandant of Birchington Voluntary Aid Detachment, sitting at a table selling War Certificates during War Weapons Week
Birchington Girl Guide Troop at Quex Park June 1920The Birchington Girl Guide Troop photographed in the garden of Quex Park on 11 June 1920
Lord Harris with Hannah Powell-CottonLord Harris photographed with Hannah Powell-Cotton, as Commandant of the Birchington VAD Kent/178
Three Patients (one in bed) with nurses Date: 1916
Belgian patients at Quex ParkPhotograph of four Belgian patients of the Quex Park VAD Hospital standing/sitting on the fence in front of Quex Park. On the left is Oscar Van Audenhove
Lady PercyCountess Percy, formerly Lady Helen Gordon-Lennox, daughter of the Duke of Richmond and later Duchess of Northumberland. She married Earl Percy in 1911. Date: 1907
The House of Decoys, Mexico. Date: circa 1900s
Hannah Powell-Cotton, Commandant of Kent / 178A studio photograph of Hannah Powell-Cotton in her uniform as Commandant of the Birchington Voluntary Aid Detachment, without hat. This jacket survives at Quex Park today (2015)
Patients in A Ward at Quex Park VAD HospitalTwo patients in bed near the garden window in A Ward in the Drawing Room of Quex House. Alongside them stand two members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment
Captain Commandant Bogaerts, Belgian Army. In the garden at Quex. Major Powell-Cotton had met Bogaerts in Africa a few years previously. He visited Quex on several occasions during the War. Date: 1915
Major Powell-Cotton and friends(Right to left) Major PHG Powell-Cotton, Captain Commandant Bogaerts, Belgian Army, Anne Bogaerts, his sister
Belgian Patients & VAD Staff, C Ward, Quex Park.This ward was situated in the second of the two Museum galleries, built in the early 1900s and unfinished in 1914
Members of Birchington VAD. Seated (l-r) Mary Holmes (Lady Superintendent), Hannah Powell-Cotton (Commandant), Alice Cobb (Quartermaster). Standing (l-r) Elsie Alice Smith, Florence Perfect, ?, ?
Hannah Powell-Cotton and Pte CF Reynolds CEF 18684Hannah Powell-Cotton and Private CF Reynolds, 18684, 42nd Royal Highlanders (Canadian Expeditionary Force) preparing to leave Quex Park VAD Hospital on 1st October 1915
Patients in the Mess Room, Quex ParkBelgian Patients in the Mess Room, Quex Park. The Mess Room was situated in the Winter Garden, a large conservatory situated between Quex House and the Museum buildings
Belgian Patients in the Mess Room, Quex Park. The Mess Room was situated in the Winter Garden, a large conservatory situated between Quex House and the Museum buildings
Belgian Patients & VAD Staff, B Ward, Quex Park.This ward was situated in the first gallery of the Museum, built in 1896, The Gallery housed a diorama (right hand side of photograph)
Belgian Patients & VAD Staff, A Ward, Quex ParkBelgian Patients and VAD Staff in A Ward at the Quex Park VAD Hospital. This ward was situated in the drawing room of Quex House. Fifteen beds were used in this room